From: The Law and Politics Book Review
Vol. 16 No.6 (June 2006), pp.396-420
As a service to subscribers, the REVIEW provides this brief summary of the contents of recent reference works, anthologies of previously published materials, textbooks and collected readings designed for students, casebooks designed for undergraduate and law school use, later editions of books previously reviewed in this journal, and other specialized publications. Unless noted, the comments are taken from the book’s jacket cover or the publisher’s webpage.
In this issue, books from
McGill-Queens University Press
Ashgate Publishing Co.
The Globalization of International Law, by Paul Schiff Berman. Ashgate Publishing, 2006. 650pp . $285. ISBN: 0-7546-2412-9.
‘International law’ is no longer a sufficient rubric to
describe the complexities of law in an era of globalization. Accordingly, this
collection situates cross-border norm development at the intersection of
interdisciplinary scholarship on comparative law, conflict of laws, civil
procedure, cyberlaw, legal pluralism and the cultural analysis of law, as well
as traditional international law.
It provides a broad range of seminal articles on transnational law-making,
governmental and non-governmental networks, judicial influence and cooperation
across borders, the [*397] dialectical relationships among national,
international and non-state legal norms, and the possibilities of ‘bottom-up’
and plural law-making processes. The introduction situates these articles within
the framework of law and globalization and suggests four important ways in which
such a framework enlarges the traditional focus of international law. This book,
therefore, provides a crucial reference for scholars and practitioners seeking
to understand the varied processes of norm development in the emerging global
legal order.
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Governing Risks, by Pat O’Malley. Ashgate Publishing, 2006. 575pp . $250. ISBN: 0-7546-2507-9.
Contemporary law and government are increasingly
characterized by a focus on risk. Fields such as health, psychiatry, criminal
justice, vehicle safety, urban design and environmental governance all provide
examples of settings in which problems are dealt with as risks.
While risk has become more prominent, there have also been changes in the nature
of risk techniques deployed. Whereas welfare states provided many services
through socialized risk – such as social insurances covering health, employment
and old age – increasing emphasis is now placed on individual risk management
arrangements such as private insurance. In this environment, the positive side
of risk has also been made more salient. Enterprise, innovation and risk-taking
have become qualities valued, or even required, of current governance.
In this volume, the most influential examinations and interpretations of this
major trend have been brought together, in order to make clear the range and
diversity, the spread and penetration of risk in contemporary societies.
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Policing Pregnancy: The Law and Ethics of Obstetric Conflict, by Sheena Meredith. Ashgate Publishing, 2005. 256pp . $99.95 ISBN: 0-7546-4412-X.
Are pregnant women entitled to the same rights of
self-determination and bodily integrity as other adults? This is the fundamental
question underlying recent high-profile legal interventions in situations when
pregnant women and healthcare staff do not agree on management options or
appropriate behaviour. Courts on both sides of the Atlantic have sometimes
answered that they are not, and the law has at times been manipulated to enforce
compliance with medical recommendations.
This is the first book of its kind to offer a comprehensive assessment of
healthcare law as applied to the unique situation of pregnancy. Drawing on case
material from both the UK and the USA, it describes the trend towards ‘policing
pregnancy’ and explores the emergence of the concept of ‘maternal-foetal
conflict’ – and why, in the author’s view, this would be more appropriately
labelled ‘obstetric conflict’. Suggestions are made for [*398] alternative
approaches that better safeguard the overall well-being of pregnant women and
their future children.
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Procedural Justice, Volumes I, II, by Tom R. Tyler. Ashgate Publishing Company, 2005. 542pp, 596pp . $500 (set). ISBN: 0-7546-2523-0.
The ability to effectively manage interpersonal and intergroup conflict has never seemed more important or more relevant to current societal problems than it does today. This volume assembles articles on one of the most important emerging ideas in the social psychology of conflict management – procedural justice. Procedural justice research suggests that people’s reactions to conflict resolution decisions in social settings are strongly influenced by their evaluations of the fairness of the procedures used to create rules and make decisions. Procedural justice is found to be particularly important when people are reacting to decisions made by third party authorities. These findings suggest an approach to managing conflicts and exercising authority that has proven to be effective in a wide variety of settings, ranging from mediating interpersonal conflicts to gaining acceptance for legislative decisions and judicial rulings. The articles in this volume explore the range of procedural justice effects, as well as trying to understand why procedural justice has the powerful influences observed in research. An introductory essay provides a framework for understanding the implications of procedural justice research for the fields of social psychology, management, law and politics.
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Law and Morality, by Kenneth Einar Himma and Brian Bix. Ashgate Publishing Company, 2005. 508pp . $250. ISBN: 0-7546-2577-X.
This volume collects many of the key essays exploring the possible relationships between the concepts of law and morality, a central concern of contemporary philosophizing about law. It is organized around five conceptual issues: classical natural law theory; legal positivism’s separability thesis; Ronald Dworkin’s constructive interpretivism; inclusive legal positivism’s assertion that there can be legal systems with moral criteria of legality; and the relevance of morality and moral theorizing in theorizing about the concept of law and associated legal concepts. Each of the essays makes an important contribution toward addressing these issues.
Cambridge University Press
Choosing White-Collar Crime, by Neal Shover and Andy Hochstetler . Cambridge University Press, January 2006. 212pp . $27.99. ISBN: 0-521-66554-X. [*399]
For more than three decades, rational-choice theory has reigned as the dominant approach both for interpreting crime and as underpinning for crime-control programs. Although it has been applied to an array of street crimes, white-collar crime and those who commit it have thus far received less attention. Choosing White-Collar Crime is a systematic application of rational-choice theory to problems of explaining and controlling white-collar crime. It distinguishes ordinary and upperworld white-collar crime and presents reasons theoretically for believing that both have increased substantially in recent decades. Reasons for the increase include the growing supply of white-collar lure and non-credible oversight. Choosing White-Collar Crime also examines criminal decision making by white-collar criminals and their criminal careers. The book concludes with reasons for believing that problems of white-collar crime will continue unchecked in the increasingly global economy and calls for strengthened citizen movements to rein in the increases.
• Employs a systematic application of rational-choice theory to white-collar crime
• Examines criminal decision making by white-collar criminals and their criminal careers
• Concludes that problems of white-collar crime will continue unchecked in a global economy
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Trusts Law: Text and Materials, Fourth Edition, by Graham Moffat. Cambridge University Press, 2005. 1050pp . $60. ISBN: 0-521-67466-2.
With its unique contextual emphasis and authoritative commentary, Trusts Law: Text and Materials is a book that no serious undergraduate on trust law courses can afford to be without. The book is divided into four main parts: trusts and the preservation of family wealth; trusts and family breakdown; trusts and commerce; and trusts and non-profit activity. Within each of these parts, leading cases, statutes, and historical and research materials are placed alongside the narrative of the author’s text to give emphasis both to general theories of trust concepts and to the practical operation of trusts. Attention is also given to important themes such as the developing relationship between trusts law and other areas of private law such as the Law of Restitution. This new edition takes account of all relevant judicial and legislative developments since the third edition, and expands discussion of key themes in current developments of the law.
• A unique contextual emphasis that draws on the relationship between legal rules and contexts to explain the law and its developments
• Authoritative but approachable analysis and commentary of the current law complemented at selective points in each chapter by both legal and policy orientated questions for the student to consider
• Fully updated to incorporate recent legal developments [*400]
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International Human Rights & Humanitarian Law: Treaties, Cases, & Analysis, by Francisco Forrest Martin et. al. Cambridge University Press, 2006. 990pp . $95. ISBN: 0-521-85886-0.
International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law: Treaties, Cases, and Analysis introduces the reader to the international legal instruments and case law governing the substantive and procedural dimensions of international human rights and humanitarian law, including economic, social, and cultural rights. The book also discusses the history and organizational structure of human rights and humanitarian law enforcement mechanisms. The book devotes a chapter to the issues surrounding the incorporation of international law into U.S. law, including principles of constitutional and statutory interpretation, conflict rules, and the self-execution doctrine. Questions and comments sections provide critical analyses of issues raised in the materials. The last chapter addresses theoretical issues facing contemporary international human rights and humanitarian law and its enforcement.
• An important introduction to international human rights and humanitarian law
• Provides comparative analysis of global and regional international human rights and humanitarian legal systems.
• Includes a discussion of the incorporation of international law into U.S. law
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Lawyering Skills and the Legal Process, second edition, by Caroline Maughan & Julian Webb. Cambridge University Press, October 2005. 443pp . $45. ISBN: 0-521-61950-5.
Lawyering Skills and the Legal Process bridges the gap
between academic and practical law for students undertaking skills-based and
clinical legal education courses at university. It develops oral and written
communication, group working, problem solving and conflict resolution skills in
a range of legal contexts: client interviewing, drafting, managing cases, legal
negotiation and advocacy. The book is designed specifically to help students to
practise and develop skills that will be essential in a range of occupations;
develop a deeper understanding of the English legal process and the lawyer’s
role in that process; enhance their understanding of the relationship between
legal skills and ethics; and understand how they learn and how they can make
their learning more effective. This book provides a stimulating, accessible and
challenging approach to understanding the problems and uncertainties of
practising law that goes beyond the standard approaches to lawyers’ skills.
• It adopts a workbook approach, enabling students to engage meaningfully with
the material
• Includes numerous exercises to facilitate teaching and learning [*401]
• Bridges the gap between academic and practical law for students undertaking
undergraduate skills-based and clinical legal education courses
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Handbook on the European Arrest Warrant, edited by Judge Rob Blekxtoon. Cambridge University Press, August 2005. 283pp . $90. ISBN: 90-6704-181-5.
On 13 June 2002 the Framework Decision on the European Arrest Warrant and Surrender Procedures between Member States of the European Union (EAW) was adopted by the Council of the European Union. The Framework Decision must be implemented by all current and future members of the European Union in their respective legal systems. This handbook offers an introduction to the EAW, its origin and its implications. It sets out the history of extradition as a legal system and compares the EAW with the old system. It includes the full text of the EAW with commentaries per paragraph. Attention is paid to procedural rules as well as to special issues, such as the principles of reciprocity and mutual trust, ne bis in idem, verdicts in absentia and the double criminality rule. The relation of EAW with other relevant legal instruments, including those concerning human rights and procedural safeguards, is also covered.
• Written in response to the adoption of the Framework Decision on the European Arrest Warrant and Surrender Procedures by the Council of the European Union
• An invaluable resource for government officials, judges and public prosecutors, legal practitioners, academics and all those involved in the implementation of the EAW at the national level
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The Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise, by William M. Wiecek. Cambridge University Press, 2006. 733pp . $100. ISBN: 0-521-84820-2.
The Birth of the Modern Constitution recounts the history of the United States Supreme Court in the momentous yet usually overlooked years between the constitutional revolution in the 1930s and Warren-Court judicial activism in the 1950s. 1941–1953 marked the emergence of legal liberalism, in the divergent activist efforts of Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, Frank Murphy, and Wiley Rutledge. The Stone/Vinson Courts consolidated the revolutionary accomplishments of the New Deal and affirmed the repudiation of classical legal thought, but proved unable to provide a substitute for that powerful legitimating explanatory paradigm of law. Hence the period bracketed by the dramatic moments of 1937 and 1954, written off as a forgotten time of failure and futility, was in reality the first phase of modern struggles to define the constitutional order that will dominate the twenty-first century.
• A book about American constitutional law in its transition from the anti-regulatory legal regime that prevailed until 1937 and the modern liberal state [*402]
• A long and comprehensive survey of constitutional questions through the World War II and Cold War periods
• Written to make legal and constitutional questions accessible to lay people
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Handbook of International Law, by Anthony Aust. Cambridge University Press, 2005. 505pp . $45. ISBN: 0-521-53034-2.
A concise account of international law by an experienced practitioner, this book explains how states and international organisations, especially the United Nations, make and use international law. The nature of international law and its fundamental concepts and principles are described. The difference and relationship between various areas of international law which are often misunderstood (such as diplomatic and state immunity, and human rights and international humanitarian law) are clearly explained. The essence of new specialist areas of international law, relating to the environment, human rights and terrorism are discussed. Aust’s clear and accessible style makes the subject understandable to non-international lawyers, non-lawyers and students. Abundant references are provided to sources and other materials, including authoritative and useful websites.
• A comprehensive but concise overview of international law
• The author’s clear and accessible style makes the subject understandable to non-international lawyers, non-lawyers and students. His practical approach reflects his experience of 35 years as a legal adviser in a leading foreign ministry.
• Provides numerous references to sources and other materials, including many authoritative and useful websites
Carolina Academic Press
Legal Research in North Carolina, by Miriam J. Baer. Carolina Academic Press, April 2006. 224pp . $30. ISBN: 1-59460-008-2.
This book is a clear, practical guide to legal research in North Carolina. Written by an experienced teacher, the book is designed for teaching legal research to paralegal students. Each chapter includes up-to-date research projects that provide practical, hands-on experience for students. The book will also be useful to law students, practitioners, college students–anyone who needs help navigating a law library. Although it is specifically geared to research in North Carolina, the information can be easily translated to other jurisdictions and can provide a self-guided tour of legal research. Topics include [*403] North Carolina and Federal case law, legal digests, legislative history, preparation of memos and briefs, and computer-aided research.
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Copyright Law, Third edition, by Robert C. Lind. Carolina Academic Press, 2006. 336pp . $27. ISBN: 1-59460-194-1.
Unlike survey materials, Copyright Law deals exclusively with its subject, allowing for more in-depth coverage of the topic. The material is presented in a user-friendly format and describes complexconcepts in an understandable manner. This guide contains a detailed table of contents and a complete table of cases.
The guide presents outlines, not the prose presentation of a treatise or hornbook found in many existing study guides, making it more streamlined and easier to use for readers who are looking for quick answers to specific questions. It provides clear and concise synopses of copyright concepts and issues, with the most recent statutory and case authorities.
Copyright Law, Third Edition covers a wide range of copyright law concepts, including the statutory prerequisites for copyright protection, subject matter, ownership, licensing, exclusive rights, formalities, duration, infringement, remedies and enhanced protection for digital materials.
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Trademark Law, Third edition, by Robert C. Lind. Carolina Academic Press, 2006. 320pp . $27. ISBN: 1-59460-193-3.
Unlike survey materials, Trademark Law deals exclusively with its subject, allowing for more in-depth coverage of the topic. The material is presented in a user-friendly format and describes complexconcepts in an understandable manner. This guide contains a detailed table of contents and a complete table of cases.
The guide presents outlines, not the prose presentation of a treatise or hornbook found in many existing study guides, making it more streamlined and easier to use for readers who are looking for quick answers to specific questions. It provides clear and concise synopses of copyright concepts and issues, with the most recent statutory and case authorities.
Trademark Law, Third Edition includes an analysis of the prerequisites for common law and federal trademark protection, secondary meaning, generic terms, subject matter, trade dress, functionality, ownership, registration, protections afforded by section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, loss of protection, infringement, defenses, and remedies. In addition, the legal requirements of dilution, cybersquatting and the right of publicity are examined. [*404]
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An Introduction to the United States Legal System: Cases and Comments, by Alberto Manuel Benitez. Carolina Academic Press, 2006. 420pp . $70. ISBN: 0-89089-428-0.
This casebook is designed for foreign lawyers and law students who wish to familiarize themselves with the U.S. legal system. It discusses, among other things, the legal culture of the U.S., briefing cases, the common law, civil procedure, trial techniques, and several highly charged constitutional law issues. Topics are arranged in a coherent sequence, each one building upon its predecessor, in order to give the reader a broad, yet rich, overview of the U.S. legal system.
The U.S. legal system is studied in context. For example, pleadings from the Paula Corbin Jones v. William Jefferson Clinton lawsuit are used as examples when discussing civil procedure. And, there is a sample moot court problem included in the casebook, which gives foreign lawyers and law students an opportunity to test their trial skills. The author has succeeded in his objective to compress three years of U.S. legal education into one casebook.
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National Security Law Documents, Second Edition, by John Norton Moore, Guy B. Roberts, and Robert F. Turner. Carolina Academic Press, 2006. 1248pp . $110. ISBN: 1-59460-024-4.
A unique volume of documents, this book is a companion volume to the casebook National Security Law. It brings together a wealth of documents ranging from President George Washington’s Farewell Address and George Kennan’s Long Telegram to important international conventions, domestic laws, executive orders, and departmental regulations on such matters as FBI counter-terrorism investigations and State Department treaty procedures. It is designed to serve as a standard desk reference for both scholars and practitioners interested in these issues.
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Lifting the Fog of Legalese: Essays on Plain Language, by Joseph Kimble. Carolina Academic Press, 2005. 216pp . $23. ISBN: 1-59460-213-3.
This book is unique. No other American book combines the strong evidence and myth-busting arguments for plain legal language with so much practical advice and so many useful examples. And no other book is more likely to open lawyers’ eyes to the emptiness of legalese—the style that has afflicted legal writing for centuries.
Joseph Kimble, a leading expert on plain language, has collected in this one book many of his published essays. They will interest and inform judges, lawyers, law students, legal [*405] scholars, and anyone else who engages in legal writing. If writing is the lawyer’s most valuable skill, then no lawyer can afford to be without Lifting the Fog of Legalese. It will change the attitude of those who resist plain language and inspire those who have embraced it.
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Economic Analysis For Lawyers, Second Edition, by Henry N. Butler and Christopher R. Frahozal. Carolina Academic Press, 2006. 546pp . $75. ISBN: 1-59460-186-0.
The purpose of this casebook is to reach the principles of microeconomics. Economic Analysis for Lawyers presumes no prior training in economics and uses the same building block approach that is found in most microeconomics principles textbooks that are used in undergraduate economics classes. This book includes excerpted cases and other materials that illustrates the applicability of the economic principles to legal disputes and public policy issues. Fundamental principles are introduced in the first four chapters. Subsequent chapters build on these fundamentals by adding a detailed and sophisticated analysis in the general areas of monopoly, externalities, information, labor markets, risk, organizational economics, and financial economics. The result is a thorough introduction to the principles of microeconomics.
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Sexuality Law, by Arthur S. Leonard, Patricia A. Cain. Carolina Academic Press, 2006. 778pp . $95. ISBN: 0-89089-624-0.
During the past fifty years, legal issues arising from the sexual diversity of our society have moved front and center in many fields, including constitutional law, domestic relations, employment law, and civil rights law. This book provides the basis for a survey course about how lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgendered persons, and others whose sexual expression differs from the majoritarian norm confront the law, and how the law responds to them. Although the focus is on United States law, references are made at appropriate points to legal developments in other countries. The book also provides textual background for students who have not completed a basic course in constitutional law, making it usable for an elective course in any part of the law school curriculum.
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Corporate Finance and Governance: Cases, Materials, and Problems for an Advanced Course in Corporations. Carolina Academic Press, 2006. 1036pp . $100. ISBN: 1-59460-162-3.
This new edition retains the two organizing themes of the prior editions: that an underlying theory of the corporation is necessary to resolve any difficult questions in corporate law and that those difficult questions revolve around the tension between [*406] fiduciary obligation and contract principles that form the basis of corporate law. In addition to updating the materials presented in the second edition, the authors, including new author Jeffrey Haas, have completely streamlined and reorganized those materials in order to make learning and teaching easier. Specific changes in the third edition include: the addition of an enhanced chapter on derivative securities; the presentation within a single chapter of all materials on convertible securities; an expanded yet more focused chapter on mergers and acquisitions; and the addition of substantive materials on asset-backed securitization.
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Victims in Criminal Procedure, Second Edition, by Douglas E. Beloff, Paul G. Cassell. Carolina Academic Press, 2006. 840pp . $95. ISBN: 1-59460-114-3.
In the new and revised 2005 edition of this outstanding casebook, authors Professor Doug Beloof, Judge Paul Cassell, and victims attorney Steven Twist review the expanding role of the crime victim in criminal procedure. Crime victims’ law has been neglected in the education of law students even though it represents the single greatest “revolution” in criminal procedure in the last twenty years. The book addresses that neglect and provides lively and provocative materials about how victims fit into the contemporary criminal justice process. The casebook examines the role of the crime victim from the early stages of the criminal process (investigation and charging) through pre-trial discovery, plea bargaining, trial, and sentencing. The book includes not only recent caselaw concerning crime victims’ rights, but also law review articles, victim impact statements, and other interesting materials. The authors provides the perfect set of reading materials for a full course on victims law, a seminar style discussion class, or supplemental materials for a conventional criminal procedure course. A teacher’s manual will be available.
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Archaeology, Relics, and the Law, Second Edition, by Richard B. Cunningham. Carolina Academic Press, 2006. 880pp . $110. ISBN: 1-59460-119-4.
This innovative casebook explores the emerging law of archaeology. It combines carefully edited judicial opinions with extensive descriptions of famous controversies that were not litigated, all arranged to illustrate relevant legal concepts in a sequential development. The cases are buttressed by full coverage of relevant federal statutory materials and a collection of representative state statutes. Taken together, the materials present a fascinating opportunity to study the process by which both public and private law respond to rapidly changing political, ethical, and technical circumstances.
The law of sunken ships—as governed by rules of sovereignty and admiralty—provides the context to explore whether an original owner’s claim of title can be lost with the passage of time. When an owner’s claim no longer exists, complex rules of finder’s law determine whether finders, landowners, or governments may assert ownership over artifacts and relics. Different issues arise when artifacts are located on federal lands, or [*407] subject to federal regulatory control; the book sets out the history and modern operation of both the Antiquities Act and the ARPA, using statutory material, recent cases, and commentary to highlight major issues. Looting, and the interstate and international commerce in looted artifacts, is examined with materials involving ARPA, and both bilateral agreements undertaken under UNESCO and unilateral use of the National Stolen Property Act. Protection of archaeological resources that are located on private land is examined in the context of salvage archaeology, undertaken either voluntarily or under state and federal mandates, particularly various environmental review processes. The law of human remains receives detailed exposure, including the common law and statutory rules that governed treatment of bodies, manner of burial, the creation and protection of graves and cemeteries, and the emerging law of disinterment and repatriation. Those materials provide the context for examination of recent developments under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
The revised second edition includes noteworthy state and federal caselaw, expanded materials on illicit international transfers, and “final” resolution of the Kennewick Man litigation. A teacher’s manual will be available.
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Florida Family Law: Text and Commentary, 2005 Statutes, by Phyllis Coleman. Carolina Academic Press, 2005. 770pp . $65. ISBN: 1-59460-205-0.
This book is an essential addition to the library of anyone who has an occasion to deal with family law issues in Florida. It offers ready access to selected Florida constitutional provisions and statutes, relevant federal laws, summaries of recent court decisions, and practical tips concerning legislative inconsistencies. A detailed index effectively facilitates use.
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Decedents’ Estates: Cases and Materials, by Raymond C. O’Brien and Michael T. Flannery. Carolina Academic Press, 2006. 824pp . $90. ISBN: 1-59460-214-x.
This new casebook consists of traditional cases, statutes, and materials related to courses associated with wills, trusts, and estates. Particular attention has been directed towards international statutes and their contrast with American statutory and common law; web sites offering forms and additional resources; and the changing nature of federal and state tax considerations. The tax considerations appear throughout the casebook, but professors are offered the opportunity of either addressing taxation in the course or separating it so that it may be addressed in other courses. The authors’ aim is to provide professors and students with a course of study that is orderly and engaging. To meet this goal, each chapter is preceded by a Tool Bar which indexes the subjects to be discussed. This approach, similar to that found on a computer, offers professors an opportunity for an easy summary or introduction and gives students a visual grasp of the totality of the [*408] chapter. Because decedents’ estates involve families, their creation, dissolution, and interaction, the casebook has a distinctive familial approach, offering a classic “death in the family” as a starting point and ending with planning for incapacity and the decisions and assistance programs accompanying dependency. The estates of persons in community-property jurisdictions have valuable lessons to share with persons in common-law states and there are multiple examples of these interactions in cases and statutes throughout the book.
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Constitutional Law in Context, Second Edition, Volumes 1 and 2. Carolina Academic Press, 2006. 11014pp, 1104pp. $100, $90. ISBN: 1-59460-196-8, 1-59460-197-6.
Constitutional Law in Context (two volumes) puts major constitutional developments into historical perspective by helping students see how doctrinal developments were shaped by historical context and how historical developments affecting one doctrine often influenced other doctrines as well. Obvious examples include changes in commerce clause doctrine, substantive due process, and law related to race and gender. The chapter on incorporation shows how the framers of the amendment were influenced by denials of civil liberties that occurred during the crusade against slavery.
The books illustrate the development of constitutional law over time so that changes in the law can be related to changes in society. It reminds students that related changes often occur across a range of doctrinal areas; for example, parallel changes occur in both commerce clause and substantive due process doctrine as a result of changes during the New Deal. Decisions relevant to race discrimination involve not only equal protection, but also the reading of the commerce clause as illustrated by the Supreme Court’s Heart of Atlanta decision.
The two volumes also contain materials on constitutional decision-making outside of the Supreme Court. These include materials on the Clinton impeachment, examples from free speech history, and state cases interpreting state constitutions. Finally, it is designed to assist students in understanding and formulating constitutional arguments. Authors Curtis, Parker, Douglas, and Finkelman identify and discuss forms of constitutional argument, such as arguments based on text, history, or structure and provide charts and diagrams to assist students in identifying the logical structure of constitutional analysis.
CQ Press
Between Peril and Promise: The Politics of International Law, by J. Martin Rochester. CQ Press, January 2006. 198pp . $31.95. ISBN: 1-933116-49-8. [*409]
States guard their sovereignty, resisting the idea of
“global governance,” especially in the face of intensifying globalization that
has fostered ever more economic and social interdependence. Despite sovereign
concerns, international law is far more than a utopian ideal, Rochester argues;
rather, it is a very real part of world affairs that is shaped by international
politics and, in turn, shapes relations between states.
In vibrant prose, Rochester explores the role of international law in
international affairs, moving beyond a purely legal approach to the topic. He
begins with the substantive rules of international law and then examines its
development and operation in five major sectors—human rights; war and peace; the
international economy; the law of the sea, airspace, and outer space; and
international environment law—all through the lens of international relations
theory. Supported by the latest scholarly research and supplemented with
instructive case studies, illustrative photos and cartoons, and meaningful
discussion questions, this book seeks to spark interest in a subject with a rich
history of great contemporary importance and with increasing relevance to our
lives.
Criminal Justice Press
Situational Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse, edited by Richard Wortley and Stephen Smallbone. Criminal Justice Press, March 2006. 276pp . $64. ISBN: 1-881798-60-7.
This volume presents the first systematic attempt to apply a situational crime prevention rationale to understanding and preventing sexual offenses against children. Leading criminologists and sex offender researchers highlight the small but growing body of evidence demonstrating that sex crimes against children are strongly influenced by opportunities and other immediate environmental conditions. Further, the authors demonstrate that analysing the environmental contexts of offending offers new insights into prevention.
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Primer in Radical Criminology: Critical Perspectives on Crime, Power, and Identity, Fourth Edition, by Michael J. Lynch and Raymond Michalowski. Criminal Justice Press, January, 2006. 374pp. $32.50. ISBN: 1-881798-64-X.
Radical criminology’s distinctive, non-mainstream perspectives on environmental crime and justice issues, and on state crime and terrorism, are fully explored in completely new chapters of the “Primer in Radical Criminology” (4th edition). Now celebrating its 20th anniversary, this college-level textbook has been much praised for insightfully framing the problem of crime within the contexts of social class, race, gender, culture and history. [*410]
The wide-ranging new chapter on “The Environment, Crime and Justice” addresses such topics as: environmental pollution as a crime; environmental justice research; global warming and the end of oil; and the potential of a “green” criminology. The provocative new chapter on “State Crime and Terrorism” offers analyses of: political crime versus state crime; the absence of state crime in orthodox criminology; war as state crime; state and anti-state terrorism; and genocide, among other topics.
In its eleven other extensively updated chapters, the “Primer” presents radical/critical perspectives on: criminological theory; the causes of crime; conceptions of state and law; policing; courts; punishment and corrections; and many other subjects.
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Policing Illegal Drug Markets: Geographic Approaches to Crime Reduction, by George F. Rengert et al. Criminal Justice Press, November 2005. 172pp . $31.50. ISBN: 1-881798-57-7.
A multipronged policing strategy to reduce drug trafficking in local communities is proposed in this new book by three Temple University researchers. The proposed strategy has been developed during a comprehensive study of illegal drug markets in a medium-sized East Coast city.
According to the authors, the U.S. “war on drugs” has been largely ineffective, both at home and abroad. Evaluations have reported little positive impact from policies intended to: a) interdict the supply of illegal drugs imported from foreign countries; b) reduce demand for illegal substances among youths through Drug Awareness Resistance Education (DARE) programs; and c) arrest large numbers of drug sellers during “crackdowns” in high-risk neighborhoods.
The alternative strategy outlined in this book begins with detailed economic and geographic analysis of what makes particular locations attractive sites for illegal drug markets. Police then select from a menu of 76 tested crime prevention tactics intended to make those locations unprofitable for drug trafficking, with different combinations of techniques targeted at indoor sales of illegal substances, or the purchasers of illegal drugs, and/or the dealers.
The authors conclude that: “The police officers who patrol on a daily basis are in a unique position to determine what the problems of a particular site are. In tackling these [drug] problems, the police should be encouraged to think beyond their traditional role as crime fighters into a new role as problem solvers.” [*411]
Elsevier Press
Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Volume 36, edited Austin Sarat. Elsevier Press, 2005. 155pp. $94.95. ISBN: 0762311894.
This special volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society takes up a subject of an enormous import for law and legal scholarship, Guilt. At the center of our belief in law is the hope and expectation that law can differentiate the guilty from the innocent. But as the articles in this volume show law’s relationship to guilt is more complex and vexed than that. Law constitutes us as guilty subjects and law itself is a guilty subject. The articles in this volume explore law’s guilt about literature, various domains in which bodies of guilt appear, and historical perspectives on the subject of guilt. Taken together they exemplify the way interdisciplinary scholarship opens up new questions and new avenues of inquiry about the social and cultural life of law.
Greenwood Press
A Companion to the United States Constitution and its Amendments, fourth edition, by John R. Vile. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006. 327pp . $29.95. ISBN: 0-275-98957-7.
Designed to help students understand the Constitution in all of its splendor and subtlety, this book introduces key events of the founding era, the Declaration of Independence, and the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention. The Constitution and its amendments are explored section by section, along with pertinent historical events, laws, and cases. Since the Third Edition was published in 2001, we have witnessed another presidential election, a second war with Iraq, significant Supreme Court cases on privacy, the death penalty, affirmative action, searches and seizures, and, perhaps most significantly, a series of developments related to America’s response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11. This new edition encompasses all of these developments. The Fourth Edition is the first to be thoroughly revised in its entirety, rather than merely updated. The language has been made even more accessible, rendering this an ideal starting point for students, as well as new citizens, who are new to constitutional law, American politics, or American history. Those already familiar with constitutional issues will be able to make use of the book as a reference guide to landmarks in constitutional history and development. Each chapter concludes with a bibliography of key books and cases useful for further study. The book includes a glossary; the texts of the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution; and a section on how to locate cases and understand citations. Fifty leading cases are briefly described. Finally, the book includes two all-new sections, “Highlights in Constitutional History” and “U.S. Supreme Court Justices.”
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The Virgina State Constitution: A Reference Guide, by John Dinan. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006. 256pp. $109.95. ISBN: 0-313-33208-8. [*412]
John Dinan analyzes the history and development of the Virginia Constitution and understakes a detailed treament of the evolving interpretation of each section, as seen in constitutional conventions, revisions commissions, judicial decisions, attorney general opinions, and legislative and gubernatorial deliberations. He also reveals that few states have made more opportunities than Virginia to engage in constitutional revision and, in the process, to debate fundamental political questions, whether in regard to the rights and liberties to which citizens are entitled, the extent of popular participation in governance, or the means of structuring governmental institutions. The first part of the book provides an overview of the development of the Virginia Constitution, and analyzes the principal debates that took place in the Conventions of 1776, 1829-30, 1850-51, 1861, 1864, 1867-68, and 1901-02, the Limited Conventions of 1945 and 1956, and the Revision Commissions of 1927 and 1969. The second part of the book undertakes a detailed treatment of the evolving interpretation of each Section of the Virginia Constitution, as seen in the relevant judicial decisions, attorney general opinions, and legislative and gubernatorial deliberations. Finally, this volume includes a bibliographical essay and table of cases that can assist lawyers, scholars, and students in conducting further research in particular areas.
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The Maryland State Constitution: A Reference Guide, by Dan Friedman. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006. 399pp. $129.95. ISBN: 0313320446.
In its history, Maryland has had four constitutions. Each was adopted by a constitutional convention that was, at least in some regard, not permitted under the previous form of government. The first Maryland Constitution was adopted in 1776 by a self-proclaimed convention that was also the de facto government of the state. The second constitution was adopted in 1851 principally to reapportion the state legislature. In 1864, the third constitution was adopted and was concerned primarily with the issues of the Civil War--emancipation and preservation of the Union. The fourth constitution was adopted in 1867, soon after the Civil War and the changes made served largely to repudiate the 1864 constitution. The 1867 constitution continues in force but has been significantly amended particularly in response to the defeated constitutional convention of 1967. This work covers this history and analyzes each provision of the Maryland Constitution.
McGill-Queens University Press
A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Volume 1: Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries, edited by John Kincaid and G. Alan Tarr. McGill-Queens University Press, February 18, 2005. 468pp . $85. ISBN: 0-7735-2916-0.
Providing examples of diverse forms of federalism, including new and mature, developed and developing, parliamentary and presidential, and common-law and civil law, the [*413] comparative studies in this volume examines constitutions in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, and the United States. Each chapter describes the provisions of a constitution, explains the political, social, and historical factors that influenced its creation, and explores its practical application, how it has changed, and future challenges, offering valuable ideas and lessons for federal constitution-making and reform.
New York University Press
Back to top Mobsters, Unions, and Feds: The Mafia and the American Labor Movement, by James B. Jacobs. New York University Press, February 16, 2006. 319pp. $32.95. ISBN: 0313320446.
Mobsters, Unions, and Feds is the first book to tell the full story of the relationship between organized crime and organized labor, as well as recent federal efforts to clean up unions. One of America’s leading experts on the mafia, James B. Jacobs explains how the Cosa Nostra families first gained a foothold in labor during violent struggles between workers and employers in the early twentieth century, then after Prohibition’s repeal, made labor racketeering its top priority. Jacobs also outlines the failure of law enforcement to address the problem, especially the inaction of the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover.
Since Hoover’s death and Hoffa’s murder, the U.S. Department of Justice has aggressively prosecuted many of the mafia’s activities using the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) statute. Jacobs places the federal efforts to liberate the unions in the context of this larger war, which has sent hundreds of organized crime members and bosses to prison. There have been some impressive victories—including substantial progress toward liberating the four most racketeer-ridden national unions from the grip of organized crime—but there have been many frustrating defeats in a struggle that continues to this day.
The only book to investigate how the mob has distorted American labor history, Mobsters, Unions, and Feds sheds new light on the influence of the mafia in American unions and the extraordinary efforts of law enforcement to erase the shadow that the mob has left on the labor movement.
Oxford University Press
That Man: An Insider’s Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt, edited by John Q. Barrett. Oxford University Press, 2003. 290pp . $15.95. ISBN: 0-19-517757-6. [*414]
A major publishing event--a long-lost memoir of FDR, written by his close friend and associate, Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson
Robert H. Jackson was one of the giants of the Roosevelt era: an Attorney General, a still revered Supreme Court Justice and, not least important, one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s close friends and advisers. His intimate memoir of FDR, written in the early 1950s before Jackson’s untimely death, has remained unpublished for fifty years. Here is that newly discovered memoir. Written with skill and grace, this is truly a unique account of the personality, conduct, greatness of character, and common humanity of “that man in the White House,” as outraged conservatives called FDR. Jackson simply but eloquently provides an insider’s view of Roosevelt’s presidency, including such crucial events as FDR’s Court-packing plan, his battles with corporate America, his decision to seek a third term, and his bold move to aid Britain in 1940 with American destroyers. He also offers an intimate personal portrait of Roosevelt--on fishing trips, in late-night poker games, or approving legislation while eating breakfast in bed, where he routinely began his workday. We meet a president who is far-sighted but nimble in attacking the problems at hand; principled but flexible; charismatic and popular but unafraid to pick fights, take stands, and when necessary, make enemies. That Man is not simply a valuable historical document, but an engaging and insightful look at one of the most remarkable men in American history. In reading this memoir, we gain not only a new appreciation for Roosevelt, but also admiration for Jackson, who emerges as both a public servant of great integrity and skill and a wry, shrewd, and fair-minded observer of politics at the highest level.
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Human Rights and International Trade, edited by Thomas Cottier, Joost Pauwelyn, and Elisabeth Burgi. Oxford University Press, 2005. 522pp . £35.00. ISBN: 0-19-928583-7.
Economic globalization and respect for human rights are both highly topical issues. In theory, more trade should increase economic welfare and protection of human rights should ensure individual dignity. Both fields of law protect certain freedoms: economic development should lead to higher human rights standards, and UN embargoes are used to secure compliance with human rights agreements. However the interaction between trade liberalisation and human rights protection is complex, and recently, tension has arisen between these two areas. Do WTO obligations covering intellectual property prevent governments from implementing their human rights obligations, including rights to food or health? Is it fair to accord the benefits of trade subject to a clean human rights record? This book first examines the theoretical framework of the interaction between the disciplines of international trade law and human rights. It builds upon the well-known debate between Professor Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann, who construes trade obligations as human rights, and Professor Philip Alston, who warns of a merger and acquisition of human rights by trade law. From this starting point, further chapters explore the differing legal matrices of the two fields and examine how cooperation between them might be improved, both in international law-making and institutions,in dispute settlement. The [*415] interaction between trade and human rights is then explored through seven case studies:freedom of expression and competition law; IP protection and health; agricultural trade and the right to food; trade restrictions on conflict WHO convention on tobacco control; and, finally, human rights conditionalities in preferential trade schemes.
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Changing the Guard: Developing Democratic Police Abroad, by David H. Bayley. Oxford University Press, 2006. 171pp. 16.99 BP. ISBN: 0-19-518975-2.
Every day the American government, the United Nations, and other international institutions send people into non-English speaking, war-torn, and often minimally democratic countries struggling to cope with rising crime and disorder under a new regime. These assistance missions attempt to promote democratic law enforcement in devastated countries. But do these missions really facilitate the creation of effective policing? Renowned criminologist David H. Bayley here examines the prospects for the reform of police forces overseas as a means of encouraging the development of democratic governments. In doing so, he assesses obstacles for promoting democratic policing in a state-of-the-art review of all efforts to promote democratic reform since 1991. Changing the Guard offers an inside look at the achievements and limits of current American foreign assistance, outlining the nature and scope of the police assistance program and the agencies that provide it. Bayley concludes with recommendations for how police assistance could be improved in volatile countries across the world. This book is required reading as an instruction manual for building democratic policing overseas.
Introduction to Law, Third Edition, edited by Jack Fruchtman Jr.. Prentice Hall, 2005. 640pp. $94.80. ISBN: 0-13-118381-8.
Hames and Ekern’s Introduction to Law , 2e will teach students the basic legal concepts related to substantive and procedural law, introduces them to cases, statutes, and the constitution, and develops their legal vocabulary and analytical skills. A new chapter on constitutional law, expanded coverage of employment and environmental law, and information on technology makes this an excellent resource for any Introduction to Law course for all disciplines of study including pre-law, legal studies, and business programs. Using this text, your students will learn how to develop their own critical-thinking skills, read high-interest cases, expand their legal vocabulary and discuss case law and issues impacting today’s legal system. [*416]
Economic Liberties and the Constitution, Second Edition, Completely Revised, by Bernard H. Siegan. Transaction Publishers, October 2005. 425pp . $49.95. ISBN: 0-7658-0572-3.
In this seminal work, Bernard Siegan traces the history of
constitutional protection for economic liberties in the United States. He argues
that the law began to change with respect to economic liberties in the late
1930s. At that time, the Supreme Court abdicated much of its authority to
protect property rights, and instead condoned the expansion of state power over
private property.
Siegan brings the argument originally advanced in the first edition completely
up to date. He explores the moral position behind capitalism and discusses why
former communist countries flirting with decentralization and a free market (for
instance, China, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos) have become more progressive and
prosperous as a result. He contrasts the benefits of a free, deregulated economy
with the dangers of over-regulation and moves towards socialized welfare—most
specifically as happened during Franklin Roosevelt’s presidency. Supporting his
thesis with historical court cases, Siegan discusses the past and present status
of economic liberties under the Constitution, clarifies constitutional
interpretation and due process, and suggests ways of safeguarding economic
liberties.
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Gender and Social Security Reform: What’s Fair for Women, edited by Neil Gilbert? Transaction Books, 2005. 239pp . $29.95. ISBN: 1-4128-0522-8.
Aging populations are creating tremendous pressures on
social security systems throughout the world, lifting the need for reform to the
top of policy agendas. Proposed reforms often have different implications for
men and women. At the same time, traditional family and gender roles are
changing with the decline in fertility rates and the rapid rise in women’s
participation in the paid labor force.
While trying to adapt social security systems to the fiscal demands of aging
societies, policymakers face the compelling challenge of how to design pension
reforms that achieve fair outcomes for women. Gender and Social Security
Reform examines how different countries are attempting to meet this
challenge. Drawing on comparative studies of European and Latin American
countries along with a series of case studies of individual countries, the book
provides insights into the gender dimensions of alternative designs for reform.
All of the countries studied have recently reformed or are about to reform their
pension systems, with a clear trend towards tightening the link between
contributions and benefits in order to secure the long-term sustainability of
pensions. The book also alerts policymakers to other issues: Should pension
systems be gender-neutral or compensate for inequalities in paid and unpaid
labor? Does compensation preserve gender discrimination? Are unisex life tables
a reliable or fair redistributive tool for [*417] women? Or should annuities be
linked directly to life expectancy, differentiated by sex and potentially other
factors? Does a minimum pension guarantee risk compromising the principle of
individual responsibility and work? How can recognition for caring work be
balanced with work incentives? What can be done to help social security systems
preserve freedom of choice in terms of work-family balance for women, men or the
modem family unit as a whole? In analyzing the gender implications of recent
social security policies and practices this book reframes the conventional
discourse of reform.
University of Akron Press
The Destruction of Young Lawyers: Beyond One L, by Douglas Litowitz. The University of Akron Press, 2006. 159pp . $19.95 ISBN: 1-931968-31-4.
Young lawyers are morosely unhappy by every conceivable standard. They arrive at our law schools brimming with enthusiasm, but a decade later they are reporting staggering levels of anxiety, drug addiction, and depression. In legal circles there is talk about a “crisis of professionalism” and a “decline in civility,” but the problem goes much deeper. Through ignorance and greed, the legal profession has designed a complicated system of education, licensing, and practice that drives young lawyers into fear, alienation, and self-hatred. The author of this book—a law professor and practicing attorney—argues that young lawyers face a series of institutional absurdities built into the fabric of law school, the bar exam, and law firm practice. The current system is churning out a tidal wave of disaffected and bitter lawyers who see the legal system as a Byzantine maze, an endless artificial game totally disconnected from considerations of justice. The Destruction of Young Lawyers shows how these struggles can be reversed through massive structural change and is the first step toward diagnosis and treatment of the specific problems facing young lawyers.
University of Chicago Press
Language of the Gun: Youth, Crime, and Public Policy, by Bernard E. Harcourt . University of Chicago Press, February 15, 2006. 264pp . $25. ISBN: 0-226-31609-2.
Legal and public policies concerning youth gun violence
tend to rely heavily on crime reports, survey data, and statistical methods.
Rarely is attention given to the young voices belonging to those who carry
high-powered semiautomatic handguns. In Language of the Gun, Bernard E.
Harcourt recounts in-depth interviews with youths detained at an all-malecorrectional
facility, exploring how they talk about guns and what meanings they ascribe to
them in a broader attempt to understand some of the assumptions implicit in
current handgun policies. In the process, Harcourt redraws the relationships
among [*418] empirical research, law, and public policy.
Home to over 150 repeat offenders ranging in age from twelve to seventeen, the
Catalina Mountain School is made up of a particular stratum of boys—those who
have committed the most offenses but will still be released upon reaching
adulthood. In an effort to understand the symbolic and emotional language of
guns and gun carrying, Harcourt interviewed dozens of these incarcerated
Catalina boys. What do these youths see in guns? What draws them to handguns?
Why do some of them carry and others not? For Harcourt, their often surprising
answers unveil many of the presuppositions that influence our laws and policies.
University of Michigan Press
The Laws of the Roman People: Public Law in the Expansion and Decline of the Roman Republic, by Callie Williamson. The University of Michigan Press, 2005. 506pp . $75. ISBN: 0472110535.
For hundreds of years, the Roman people produced laws in popular assemblies attended by tens of thousands of voters to publicly forge resolutions to issues that might otherwise have been unmanageable. Caroline Williamson’s comprehensive new study finds that the key to Rome’s survival and growth during the most formative period of empire, roughly 350 to 44 B.C.E., lies in its hitherto enigmatic public lawmaking assemblies which helped extend Roman influence and control. The author bases her rigorous and innovative work on the entire body of surviving laws preserved in ancient reports of proposed and enacted legislation from these public assemblies.
University of Toronto Press
Recrafting Federalism in Russia and Canada: Power, Budgets, and Indigenous Governance. Centre for Russia and East European Studies, University of Toronto, 2005. 134pp . $10. ISBN: 0-7727-0820-7.
Based on a conference held in December 2004. Includes: “Introduction,” by Peter H. Solomon, Jr.; “Governance in Federations: Conference Discussions,” by Alexei Trochev; “Federal Statehood in Russia: Legislation and Conflict Resolution,” by Vladimir Leksin; “Financial and Economic Problems of Improving Budgetary Relations in the Russian Federation,” by Irina Podporina; “Regional Leaders: Appointed or Elected? An Economic Analysis,” by Leonid Polishchuk; “Changing Aboriginal Rights in the Russian North: Prospects and Problems,” by Mikhail Todyshev; “Nested Federalism and Aboriginal Sovereignty in Russia and Canada,” by Gary N. Wilson; and “Nunavut in the [*419] Canadian Federation: The Challenges of Public Government with an Indigenous Face,” by Natalia Loukacheva.
Policing Northern Ireland: Conflict, legitimacy and reform, by Aogan Mulcahy. Willan Publishing, 2006. 228pp . $34.95. ISBN: 1-84392-072-7.
This book provides an account and analysis of policing in
Northern Ireland, providing an account and analysis of the RUC (Royal Ulster
Constabulary) from the start of ‘the troubles’ in the 1960s to the early 1990s,
through the uneasy peace that followed the 1994 paramilitary ceasefires (1994--
1998), and then its transformation into the Police Service of Northern Ireland
following the 1999 Patten Report. A major concern is with the reform process,
and the way that the RUC has faced and sought to remedy a situation where it
faced a chronic legitimacy deficit.
Policing Northern Ireland focuses on three key aspects of the police
legitimation process: reform measures which are implemented to redress a
legitimacy crisis; representational strategies which are invoked to offer
positive images of policing; and public responses to these various strategies.
Several key questions are asked about the ways in which the RUC has sought to
improve its standing amongst nationalists: first, what strategies of reform has
the RUC implemented? second, what forms of representation has the RUC employed
to promote and portray itself in the positive terms that might secure public
support? third, how have nationalists responded to these initiatives?
The theoretical framework and analysis developed in the book also highlights
general issues relating to the implications of police legitimacy and
illegitimacy for social conflict and divisions, and their management and/or
resolution, in relation to transitional societies in particular. In doing so it
makes a powerful contribution to wider current debates about police legitimacy,
police-community relations, community resistance, and conflict resolution.
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Organised Crime, by Alan Wright. Willan Publishing, 2006. 237pp . $34.95. ISBN: 1-84392-140-5.
This book aims to provide an accessible introduction to the study of organised crime - about those who commit it, the effect it has on individuals, businesses and states, and the ways in which states and the international community have sought to contain it. It explores all facets of what has become one of the key problems facing governments, policy makers and law enforcement agencies in the early twenty-first century. [*420]
The book contains a number of detailed case studies illustrating the growth of organised crime at national, international and transnational levels, ranging from the mafia, criminal gangs in the UK through to the new wave of organised crime in Russia and the post-Soviet states. It will be essential reading for both students and practitioners in the police and other law enforcement agencies who have a concern with organised crime worldwide.
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Prison Readings: A Critical Introduction to Prisons and Imprisonment, edited by Yvonne Jewkes and Helen Johnston. Willan Publishing, March 38, 2006. 305pp . $45. ISBN: 1-84392-148-0.
Prison Readings provides a comprehensive, critical
introduction to the main debates and dilemmas associated with prisons and
imprisonment, bringing together a selection of the key readings on the subject,
along with a comprehensive introduction and commentary written by the editors.
It will be essential reading for students studying prisons as part of courses in
criminology, sociology, law, psychology and other disciplines and practitioners
working in this field.
Prison Readings introduces students to the history and development of
prisons, contemporary theories and issues relating to prison populations, to
sociological and psychological literature on the ‘effects’ of imprisonment, and
to debates about the management and privatisation of the prison estate and
emerging trends.